Thanksgiving Is Almost Here, and Over a Million New Yorkers Might Go Hungry Thanksgiving Is Almost Here, and Over a Million New Yorkers Might Go Hungry
The latest statistics on hunger in the city tells the proverbial Tale of Two Cities as a Tale of Two Pantries.
Nov 23, 2015 / Michelle Chen
The Maquiladora Workers of Juárez Find Their Voice The Maquiladora Workers of Juárez Find Their Voice
Low pay, abusive conditions, no union representation—employees are fed up and fighting back.
Nov 20, 2015 / David Bacon
How Prison Reform Could Turn the Prison-Industrial Complex Into the Treatment-Industrial Complex How Prison Reform Could Turn the Prison-Industrial Complex Into the Treatment-Industrial Complex
The private prison industry is exploiting prison reform efforts by shifting from brick-and-mortar carceral facilities to outsourced social services.
Nov 20, 2015 / Michelle Chen
Payday Lenders Keep Evading Their Regulators. Can Anyone Stop Them? Payday Lenders Keep Evading Their Regulators. Can Anyone Stop Them?
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has a plan, but it’s full of loopholes.
Nov 20, 2015 / Emanuel Nieves and David Newville
‘Bringing History to Bear’ ‘Bringing History to Bear’
Celebrating 150 years of dialogue and dissent.
Nov 19, 2015 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Can Democratic Socialism Pass the Electability Test? It Already Has Can Democratic Socialism Pass the Electability Test? It Already Has
Long before Bernie Sanders, socialists were winning elections—and debates about the direction of the United States.
Nov 19, 2015 / John Nichols
How the Rich Look Down on Migration How the Rich Look Down on Migration
David Brooks’s $120,000 trip around the world shows us that everything looks beautiful from a distance.
Nov 19, 2015 / Column / Patricia J. Williams
In New York, Farmworkers Rally for 1 Cent of Dignity In New York, Farmworkers Rally for 1 Cent of Dignity
The Coalition of Immokalee Workers has won battles with McDonald’s, Burger King, Subway, Chipotle, and Taco Bell. Is Wendy’s next?
Nov 18, 2015 / Daniel Moattar
The Big Idea That Could Bring Disaffected Voters Back to the Polls The Big Idea That Could Bring Disaffected Voters Back to the Polls
Bernie Sanders has a plan to expand, not “save,” Social Security—and it should be popular.
Nov 18, 2015 / William Greider
LIVESTREAM: What Conversations About Race Do We Need to Be Having Right Now? LIVESTREAM: What Conversations About Race Do We Need to Be Having Right Now?
Race is back where it needs to be at the front and center of our discussions about culture, equality, and freedom in the US—but are we talking about it in the right way?
Nov 17, 2015 / The Nation